Good
Morning All,
Matthew 17:5;
“He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a
voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well
pleased; listen to him.”
One of the professors that I had in
college had an interesting method of teaching.
While he lectured, he would stop and say a name or place or event
twice. If he said it twice, you made a
note of it as something to make sure you knew what it meant or why it was
important. If he would stop, say the
name twice and then spell it; you knew it must be important. Yet if he would stop, say it twice, and then
spell it out while writing it on the board; well you knew that was going to be
on the test and you better know exactly what it was that he wanted you to write
about it. When he would write it on the
board, it was the equivalent of him saying, “Pay attention and don’t forget
this; this is important!”
Our verse is the equivalent of God telling
you, “Pay attention and don’t forget this; this is important!” Just in case there was any confusion as to
who was speaking and if what he as saying was important; God the Father makes
it totally clear. “This is my beloved
Son…listen to him!” It doesn’t get much
clearer than this. It was clear to the
disciples who heard it; they fell on their faces terrified of what they had
just heard. Yet when they looked up,
they only saw Jesus.
That is what we need to do; look up and
only see Jesus. We can look to what he
says, what he does and what he wants of us and for us as God’s truth. We can rest assured of his promises of grace
and hope. We can know with full
confidence that he is doing what he said he would do. He is at the throne of God interceding for
us, praying to the Father on our behalf.
He is ruling from his throne at the right hand of God, putting all
powers under his feet so that every knee will bow before him. He is expanding his kingdom so that all those
who call upon his name will be saved.
With all this power at work for us; we cannot lose.
Yet even greater than this power is the
love which Christ has for us. His
steadfast love and mercy never fails us.
He continues to walk with us and to guide us by the Spirit. We are never left to face the assaults and
attacks of the devil on our own. We can
always find our comfort in his words of grace.
We can always go to him with our cries and our fears and he will hear
us. He is our rock and our fortress.
After all this there waits for us the reward
of life eternal with him in the restores creation. It waits for us with its promise of a perfect
and restored creation for us and for all who believe. It is fast approaching, and with it, the end
of pain and sorrow, of suffering and death; these will be gone. Our hope is secure. “Listen to Him.”
Father in heaven, open our
ears that we may listen to your Son ad to know him as the true Savior. Strengthen our faith and empower our hearts
that we might cling to you. Be with
those who do not hear that they may come to know your grace, mercy and
truth. In the precious name of Jesus we
pray, amen.
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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